Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-05-12
How TO ZEE WE'LL.
What A.Liscrary Athlete SAYS.
JULIAN HAwTHoRSE's OPINIONS AND sreersrro,

JULIAN HAwTEORNE's OPINIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
Prom Home knowledge
You can Improve your physical health and
strength several hundred per cent without ever
touching aeiuo or n dumb-bell. or pulling weight
In fact, gyInnasiums often do harm. for two rea-
sons; hrst because OF the confined air; secondly,
because those who attend them do not know what
sort OF work Is best suited TO them and are apt 10
oycrdo the work they undertake, thereby distort-
ing themselves, and sapping their vitality an
ounce or which Is worth a ton OF muscle In the
long rrn- Too much muscle will shorten your
Ne; but vitality l. life ITSELF
The stomach, the skin, and the lungs are the
three essential things in human bpin9 so long
as they are In perfect order the finest profess
saonal gymnast can have little 10 teach you. TO
Keep them In good condition, no gymnasium or
gymnaSuc apparatus is required; stiIl less any
Pepsine pills or sarsaparilla- You can do it all
yenience. Quite the contrary. But it is extra
she choice is offered them between two things or
courses, one healthy, the other unhealthy, but
both equally available or easy-the diaboltcal
certainty, say, with which they nix upon that
which Is unhealthy. Whatever the metaphysical
morals of the bulk OF man and womankind may
be. their physical morality often seems not far
removed from total depravity.
Take the stomach first. How many or our
noble organ and swear that a week q might
Well say, day passes in which they do not
overload It withpie, pickles and candy7 And how
hot coffee per annum do they drench them
selves with? As to mastication. regularity OF
30 forth, say nothing After we have ceased
70 stuff ourselves with trash that has no more
punishment In II than sawdust, and Is actively
slider these more elevated subjects. We hear OF
crusades against alcohol: but have no sympathy
with pie and candy eating and tea and coffee
drinking man or woman, who breaches temper
anee or abstinence; let them first take the beam out
OF their own eye. A small quantity of alcohol ad-
minlstprp1 a
candy and green tea never can Abstain from
such stun entirely; never drink anything hotter
than blood heat. Let your only condiments be salt
and mustard, in moderation; eat butter Sparingiy,
and cheese not at all; for breakfast and supper
ner, fresh meat and vegetables, between half
pint OF soup and couple Of SpOoDfulS OF light
pudding. As to drink. II you are thirsty, you can
drink water; II the water Is bad, take mineral
water, with al occasional glass Of pure ale or
claret. Every five or ten minutes stop and ask
yourself whether you have not had enough; and
II you think you can get along with what you have
eaten. do not take another mouthful. Never try
TO tempt your appetite; on the contrary, ask
yourself whether you could, il necessary,
make your meal ON pure bread and water;
and II the answer Is In the negative,
omit that meal and see how you feel at the next
but never eat between meals. III you ate only
wholesome things you could live and thrive on
half the present bulk OF your food Starvation is
the best cure for dyspepsia; pick-me-ups only
Keep IL alive After you have lived on reasonable
troubled with squeamish appetite. II any way
practicable, you ought to have at least half an
hour in the open afr before sitting down TO table;
and, at any rate wash your face and arms and
chest In cool water. But must leave the stom-
aeh here, with hundred things still to be said
abJut it,
Now for the skin. Ninety nine people out OF
hundred never think about their skim though the
health OF all their internal organS depends upon
It's condition. Ii Is no Use washing your face and
hands and leaving the rest Of your body untouched.
1t Is little better 10 stand in front OF basin and
spatter yourself from head TO foot with water.
You must cleanse every part OF your skin thor
ousbly once a day. am no advocate Of discOm-
Tort In oathing-e0d water In cold room, and all
such nonsense. Have the room warm and the
water only Few degrees cooler. Stay in the bath
hve minutes. keeping yourself either under water
or pouring wet all the time. But it Is after you
leave the tub that the really important part Of
the bath begins. Dry yourself thoroughly with
two towels: then take q Stin flesh brush, and try
with all your might 10 rub your skin on. A cocoa
nut-hbTe brush is the best; and TO get at your
back, it is q good plan 10 nave a cocoanut-tibre
mat hung against the wall to rub yourself against.
Keep up this friction for at least 10 minutes. You
could not invest the same amount OF time more
ussefClly. There is no SGch remedy for feyer1Sh
habit this nothing like IL to relieve the internal
organs from undue heat and congestion OF blood,
and 10 Tree the lungs from oppression. Moreover,
IL actually Increases the size OF the muscles, and
makes them nriner, by causing the blood to cir
culate more vigorously in them. As TO its effect
upon the elasticity and beauty of the skin ITSELF
that viii be obvious enough at a glance It IS
the brush, not the toilet bottle, that furnishes
the only true Bloom of Youth. But the morn
Ing bath and rundown alone are not sufficient
II, during the day, you get into perspiration. do
not allow the moisture TO dry on your skin
Never come In from a walk or horseback ride or
. row, and SIT DOWN as you are Go 10 your room,
take on everything, and Use the brush. 1t may
seem announcement at INST but when il is done you
Will reJoICe, and soon IL Will become matter OF
course TO you IL your underciothing is damp, 1t
Is, OF course, best 10 change 1t; but il the skin has
been brushed red. you may venture TO resume the
same clothes with comparative inpunity. This
Iriction aIter exercise Is o. great Importance so
Of the benefit OF any exercise is lost without it. III
you foresee that it Will BE- impossible, after your
exercise. 20 take rundown then IL will often be
better 10 choose the rundown instead OF the exer-
else.
once a week-say on Sunday. when you have
more ttme-you should take bath OF more elab-
crate kind FIJI the tub with water as hot as you
can bear It, Get in and stay there until you feel
almost uncoInfortabiy warm. Then stand up and
take Zig sponge or a pitcher fun OF cold water,
and deluge yourself again and again from head 10
Few things that give ''' 50 keen a sense a
OF physical WhOle5OneneS5 and vigor.
Dry AID rub down as usual, and you viii imagine
yourself ten years younger. The stimulus TO the
circulation il enormous 1t IS one OF the best pre-
ventatiyes against catching cold. Il is an excel
lent substitute for the Turkish or hot-air bath
andtakee only quarter OF the time II you feel
headache coming on, II viii often send ft away.
But be sure 70 have the hot water very hot, and
apply the cold without stint.
Asregards the lungs, the more fresh outdoor air
you can set into them, the happier and more COM
out Ia the open ali; you must learn how 70 breathe
when you get there. Most people let year after
year 90 oy without once drawing full breath A
quantity OF Impure air always remains az the bot
TON OF their lungs like b!!ge water in ship: and
II CoHtaIniGaJeS the whole system. IL You will
breathe properly, you may get more benefit from
hall an hour IN your back yard than another per-
son viii from q JWeive-hOurs dawdle at the sea-
side. II Is a very staple matter; breathe slowly
and breathe IN as much air as you can possibly
get into your lungs When they will hold no more
then emit your breath as deliberately as YOU took
IL in. suppose you are walking at your usual pace
along the street draw In your breath while you are
taking seven steps; emit IL while You are taking
tn next seven, and SO on. IL will make you feel
queer at nrSt; Tut keep Ii up! After practicing
TINS every time you go out for week or two, you
Will be able TO breathe In while you are taxing
eight or ten steps; and later on, even more. Then
noe the effects. After walking, for quarter OF an
hOlr at iesurely pace. on a winters day, you
VIII md yourself warm enough TO do without an
oSeTcO1t- Ia half an hour you will be IN a glow
down 10 the tips OF your fingers; in an hour you
viii feel a. il your whole body had been vigcr-
ousiy exercised And so IL has Take the meas
uTeneBt Of your chest after year OF such prac-
t.e, and you VIII Ind it has increased in girth
matter OF three inches And your eyes will be
brighter, your SKIN fTeSher. Your stomach
stronger, your muscles hrmer-because you
vii have thoroughly aerated and oxygeniZed your
blood And you Will have acquired the habit not
only OF breathing slowly and deeply While you are
OF walking or exercising but OF eaihlng In that
manner ali The time. And II you are called upon
sutfenly 70 escape over a plOughed field from a
mad bail, You viii find yourself able TO do
without losing your bfeaJh-which might
In such case, be IantaIaount 20 losing your life
a. well need scarcely say that all the breath
ing must be done through the nose with the
mouth SHUT. That comes hard at first; but it Is
worth while taking great deal or pains about
Observe these rules for year. and you Will be